Great stuff WildCard. Last 2 days I have been busy (haven't we all!) so today I was able to get some more performance testing done. I can see now that ASB is being cached and it really helps with static content. For example, I have a banner inside a sidebox and the sidebox with the banner loads up with the forum too (and instantly). On the other hand, the sideboxes with social icons have the actual sidebox loaded up instantly but the icons take time to load up.
If you actually measure it, Google+ and Facebook are one of the biggest insults when it comes to loading a forum page, taking well over a second to load up for the very simple icons. Unfortunately, it's kind of a "must have" when it comes to those 2 icons so I am seeking new ways to have them display faster.
I hope my words in this post and my other posts help convince others of what an excellent plugin this is. Plugins like ASB are the kind of plugins that really help elevate MyBB as a solid alternative to paid options (e.g. vBulletin).
If you actually measure it, Google+ and Facebook are one of the biggest insults when it comes to loading a forum page, taking well over a second to load up for the very simple icons. Unfortunately, it's kind of a "must have" when it comes to those 2 icons so I am seeking new ways to have them display faster.
I hope my words in this post and my other posts help convince others of what an excellent plugin this is. Plugins like ASB are the kind of plugins that really help elevate MyBB as a solid alternative to paid options (e.g. vBulletin).
(2013-12-24, 06:24 PM)Wildcard Wrote:(2013-12-24, 04:24 PM)Ados Wrote: Thanks again for the reply.
You're welcome. It is only lately that I haven't been able to keep up with the thread. Hopefully now I can get back on top of things.
(2013-12-24, 04:24 PM)Ados Wrote: May I ask, can I use memcache to further cache the sideboxes or they are already doing fine? My forum is in a VPS. I am considering memcache because the sidebars I use (not sidebosex, just code embedded in the template) are having to reload every time a page is open. My only concern is that memcache caches everything which can affect my forum members and perhaps ASB too.
I am not too familiar with that so I couldn't say. I am caching everything that I can cache before hand though (in ACP side), so that when you create the side boxes, that info doesn't have to be loaded and parsed-- ASB already 'knows' which modules to load, which side boxes to place, where, which order, which templates are needed for all of those boxes and modules, etc.
That is all I can really cache because things like latest threads are constantly changing and must be rebuilt from scratch.
(2013-12-24, 04:59 PM)Trill Wrote: Nice plugin mate. It looks really good.
Thanks so much.